Store-service apparatus.



PATENTED FEB. 7, 1905.

C. W. MQOORMICK.

STORE SERVICE APPARATUS.

APPLIOATION TILED MAY 27, 1903.

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PATENTED FEB. '7, 1905.

C. W. MCCORMICK.

STORE SERVICE APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27, 1903.

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PATENTED FEB. 7, 1905.

G. W. MOGORMIGK.

STORE SERVICE APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27. 1903.

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No. 781,896. Patented February 7, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

CHARLES MCCORMICK, OF EMPORIA, KANSAS, ASSICNOR TO LAMSON CONSOLIDAED STORE SERVICE COMPANY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NE\V JERSEY.

STORE-SERVICE APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 781,896, dated February '7, 1905,

Application filed May 2'7, 1903. Serial No. 158,914.

III/I'OYII/ Z715 y (OW/677M K then down and around the pulleys K in BeitknownthatLCHAnLnsTV.McCormick, the bracket K up and around the pulleys K 5 of Emporia, in the county of Lion and State of in the swinging bracket K, and down and Kansas, have invented certain new and useful connected to the block K*. This arrangement 5 Improvements in Store Service Apparatus, of of the propelling-cord and pulleys is similar which the following is a specification. to that shown in my above-mentioned patent Hy invention relates to new and useful imwith the exception that in the device shown provements in store-service apparatus; and in the present application the bracket .K is

its object is to produce an apparatus capable pivotally mounted on the bracket K This 10 of carrying cash and parcels. bracket K is pivoted so that when the handle My invention consists of certain novel fea- K" is pulled backward or forward by the optures hereinafter described, and particularly erator, as indicated in Fig. 9, it follows the pointed out in the claims. direction of the pull of the cord, and thus preln the accompanying drawings, which illusvents the chahng of the cord. 15 trate a construction embodying my invention, The receptacle L for the cash or parcels,

Figure l is a side elevation of the apparatus, especiallyadapted for the carrying of gloves, showing the carrier at the salesmans station. and which passes from the salesmans station Fig. 2 is a similar view to Fig. 1, showing the to the cashiers or central station, where the carrier at the cashiers station or central stagloves or other parcels are. wrapped up and 20 tion. Fig. 3 is a detail View, partly in section, the change returned to the salesman, consists of the carrier. Fig. 4 is a detail view, partly of two sections M, of wire network, secured in section, of part of the carrier with the reto the side pieces /a m, provided at their upceptacle in position to be despatched. Fig. per endswith semicircular pieces UM, which is an end plan view of the carrier. Fig. 6 are connected together by the shaft N, exis an end elevation of the receptacle, showing tending through the lugs M M of the side the same closed in full lines and open in dotted pieces M" and through lugs M M" of said lines. Fig. 7 is a top plan view of the receppiece M, Fig. T. Around said shaft N. betacle closed. Fig. 8 is a detail view, partly in tween thelugs M M, is the spiral spring M, section, hereinafterdescribed. Fig. 9 isaside one end of which presses against the pin M 3 elevationofpartofthe propelling mechanism, of the lug M and the other end of which hereinafter described. presses against the pin M of the lug M, and

Like letters of reference refer to like parts this spring tends to open the two wire secthroughout the several views. tlons before the receptacle is connected to the The wireway A is secured to the hanger B carrier for despatch. The carrier M is of in any desired manneras, for instance, as the usual construction, provided with the shown in Fig. 9 of my Patent No. 721,320 wheels M, adapted to run on the wirmvayA, and at its opposite end in any suitable manand in its lower part with a spring-pressed nerto the castingC. Secured near the lower plate M and at its extreme lower end proend of the hanger B is the clamp E, to which vided with an internal flange N, provided 4 is pivoted the forwardly-extending arm I) f with two slots N, as shown in Figs. 3 and and held in its fixed position by the rod G, \Vhen the receptacle is to be despatched from secured to the arm D at (1 and to the hanger one end of the line to the other, it is con- B at it. The forward end of said arm 1) is 1 nected to the carrier for this purpose by passsupported by the wires Cr C", connected to f ing the ends of the shaft i\' through the slots 45 the bracket H at In the lower opposite 1 N and with the carrier transverse to the line ends of said bracket H are two pulleys H, E and by giving the. receptacle a quarter-turn around which passes the propelling-cord J, it is brought parallel to the line, and at the which extends rearwardly around the pulleys l same time one end of the shaft strikes the pin N so that the carrier is held in proper position with relation to the track-wire. The spring-pressed plate NI when the receptacle is inserted, as shown in Fig. at, presses on the upper ends of the side pieces M IV holding the same firmly, in connection with the flange N closed and in fixed position to the carrier. hen it is desired to remove the receptacle, it is turned a quarter-turn to bring the ends of the shaft over the slots N and removed by pulling down. The carrier is retained at the salesmans station by the flat springs K, secured in the usual manner, and at the cashiers or central station by the flat springs L, of the usual construction, secured to the casting C by suitable bolts. This casting C is located on the pin L and held in fixed position by the set-screw L This pin L is part of the sleeve L, adapted to be adjusted on the post L, carried by the clamp L suitably secured on the cross-tube L This cross-tube is supported by the hanger L with the usual clamp L". To this cross-tube L any desired number of lines may be secured by means of the sleeves and clamps, similar to the sleeves L and clamps L The sleeves L may be adjusted and set by the set-screw Lso as to run into the cashiers or central station from different points and affords an accessible and efficient arrangement for securing any number of lines at the central station diverging at different parts of the store.

Having thus described the nature of my invention and set forth a construction embodying the same, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a store-service apparatus, a way, a carrier adapted to travel on said way, and a removable receptacle connected to said way and consisting of two sections pivoted together and provided with means for opening said sections when removed from the carrier.

2. In a store-service apparatus, a way, a carrier adapted to travel on said way, and a removable receptacle connected to said way and consisting of two sections pivoted together and provided with yielding means for opening said sections when removed from the carrier.

3. In a store-service apparatus, a way, a carrier adapted to travel on said way, and a removable receptacle connected to said way and consisting of two sections pivoted together at their upper ends and provided with means for opening said sections when removed from the carrier.

4. In a store-service apparatus, a way, a

carrier adapted to travel on said way. and a removable receptacle connected to said way and consisting of two sections pivoted together at their upper ends and provided with yielding means for opening said sections when removed from the carrier.

5. In a store-service apparatus, a way, a carrier adapted to travel on said way, a removable receptacle connected to said way and consisting of two sections, a common shaft on which said sections are pivoted at their upper ends, and a spring around said shaft and adapted to open said sections when the receptacle is removed from the carrier.

6. In a store-service apparatus, a way, a carrier adapted to travel on said way, a removable receptacle connected to said way and consisting of two sections, a common shaft on which said sections are pivotedat their upper ends, a spring around said shaft and adapted to open said sections when the receptacle is removed from the carrier, and means on the carrier for holding said sections closed when the receptacle is connected to the carrier.

7. In a store-service apparatus, a way, a carrier adapted to travel on said way, a removable receptacle connected to said way and consisting of two sections, a common shaft on which said sections are pivoted at their upper ends, a spring around said shaft and adapted to open said sections when the receptacle is removed from the carrier, and means consisting of aspring-pressed plate and inward flange on said carrier for holding said sections closed when the receptacle is connected to the carrier.

8. In a store-service apparatus, a way, a hanger for supporting said way, a carrier adapted to travel on said way, a propellingcord, pulleys around which said propellingcord is arranged, a handle for operating said cord, and a pivoted pulley-block on the lower end of said hanger adapted to follow the direction of pull on the cord by said handle.

9. In a store-service apparatus, a way, a casting to which said way is connected, a sleeve for supporting said casting, a post on which said sleeve is adjustably secured, a cross-support carrying said post, and a hanger for supporting said cross-support.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 16th day of January, A. D. 1903.

CHARLES WV. MCCORMICK.

Witnesses:

A. L. MEssER, 'E. L. HARLOW. 

